Lakefront announces sale of preclinical CAR-T programs to Armed Cell Therapeutics

Undecimal Bio launches with $18 million oversubscribed Seed financing to address ‘liver trap’ in siRNA therapeutic delivery

A spin-out focused on AI-enabled decoding of the deliverome

Storskogen acquires laboratory analytics provider Duratec

The current owners will remain actively involved in the business

Rivercell launches with $25 million to build data platforms and AI models that predict how human cells respond to treatment

Founded by serial entrepreneur and CEO, Yann Fleureau, and former AI research leader at Novartis and Owkin Eric Durand

Forbion closes its largest fundraising to date across two new funds

The €2.3 billion raised lets the VC firm back around 30 portfolio companies

"AI is designing more therapies than the industry will ever be able to manufacture"

Multiply Labs raises $75 million in Series B to close the gap between drug discovery and manufacturing

Repligen completes acquisition of BioLife Solutions and strengthens its presence in the cell therapy market

Grenova and Peak Robotics merge to form Grenova Robotics

Companies unite under a new brand to deliver a broader portfolio

InhalPlus GmbH founded to improve drug delivery to the lungs of premature infants

Bayer to invest 2.2 billion U.S. dollars in a new manufacturing site in the United States

Bayer expects to create around 600 new high-value jobs in the area

Biotech Open Platform opens in Europe to bridge lab innovations and industrial scale-up

Danone, Michelin and DMC Biotechnologies jointly founded the open fermentation infrastructure in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Altmann Analytik Acquires Laboratory Supplier Kobe

Kobe Acquisition Strengthens Altmann Analytik's Position in the University and Research Market

POWTECH TECHNOPHARM 2026: The International Process Industry Focuses on Collaboration and Sustainability

The focus was on topics such as pharmaceutical processing, smart industry, energy efficiency, recycling, safety, and the future of processing

VEGA acquires Swiss IoT platform provider

"Together, we close the gap between data collection and its use for informed decisions"

Aptadir raises €40 million in Italy’s largest biotech seed round and one of the largest in Europe

Financing will advance a novel class of RNA inhibitor-based therapeutics

AstraZeneca announces equity investment in Summit

AstraZeneca and Summit Therapeutics collaborate to advance ADC combination strategy in cancer

Fresenius completes acquisition of mAbxience

Jurgen Van Broeck, Chief Executive Officer of mAbxience, will continue to lead the business

Zymofix to build flagship microbial manufacturing plant as it takes solid-state fermentation to industrial scale

The new Deinze facility will expand production following successful pilot-scale validation and growing customer demand

Aventix raises €1.2 million pre-seed to build the future of bioanalytics

AI-powered volume measurement in 30 seconds – contactless

Roche is investing CHF 790 million in a new production facility for synthetic active ingredients

The ‘Synthetic Molecules Facility’ in Basel combines AI-supported infrastructure with state-of-the-art production technologies

BioNTech Founders Launch New Venture

Şahin and Türeci's new startup in Mainz focuses on mRNA therapies

A tiny bacterium with a huge impact

Vaccenic acid from gut bacteria activates a receptor that combats fatty liver and high blood sugar

New method causes cancer cells to burn out

New molecule forces leukemia cells to work themselves to death

Age-related diseases can be reduced through health check-ups

New score predicts frailty and mortality

BioNTech Founders Launch New Venture

Şahin and Türeci's new startup in Mainz focuses on mRNA therapies

A blood test can detect over 50 types of cancer

“We’re at a watershed moment”

Small Algae, Big Prospects for Cultured Meat

How Algae Can Help Reduce the Cost of Expensive Components in Cell Culture Media

Microplastic substitute from the fermenter: BIOWEG builds Europe’s largest plant for bacterial cellulose

EU microplastics ban drives multi-million investment in North Rhine-Westphalia biotech plant

One week after the GSK shock: Works Council and IGBCE develop a plan for Dresden's future

External experts are assessing the economic prospects for the historic vaccine plant

A Matter of Quantity: A Universal Target for CAR-T Cells Against Cancer

“Here, we are demonstrating for the first time an innovative method for identifying new targets for cancer therapies”

Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats

AI agents discover an unknown enzyme system after 21 hours of autonomous database analysis

Big Picture Bio founded to identify, design and optimise promising cancer combination therapies

Founding team and advisors bring expertise from Deep Science Ventures, AstraZeneca, Exscientia and PhoreMost

Mould toxins in food are not destroyed during cooking or baking

Survey reveals gaps in knowledge about mould and its potential health risks

Two chemical giants, a potential deal: BASF and Evonik in talks

BASF confirms exploratory talks regarding potential takeover of Evonik

Arla is investing more than 63 million euros in the future of high-protein dairy products

Demand for skyr, cottage cheese, and protein solutions is driving investment in Europe

Automated Lab Speeds Up Material Development

New research platform independently investigates materials for thin-film photovoltaics and other optoelectronic applications

Evonik is cutting 3,200 jobs worldwide and sharpens growth strategy

Businesses and German sites with clear roles

Electronic nose detects whether meat and fish are still safe to eat

To this end, the Interreg project PRECISE measures cadaverine—a gas produced when proteins decompose

Protein Content in Foods — New Conversion Factors Enable More Precise Assessment

Max Rubner Institute Releases New Database for Nitrogen-to-Protein Conversion

Rapeseed oil instead of crude oil: Verbio starts industrial production of renewable chemicals

Nearly EUR 100 million invested

Energy Drinks: Consumption Is Rising Among Schoolchildren

DAK Calls for New Warning Labels on Energy Drinks to Protect Minors

When molecules »notice« what their neighbours are doing

New spectroscopic method reveals the environment of switchable iron complexes

Tavion raises €50 million and starts development of its first battery parks in Polan

CleanTech start-up bets on Poland as Europe's most attractive battery storage market

75 percent of Gen Z buy protein products—social media is driving the trend among Gen Z

A SINUS study shows that eight out of ten 14- to 28-year-olds consider a balanced diet important. TikTok and Instagram are their main sources of information.

On the trail of dissolution: Only 30 water molecules separate salt

Process visualised for the first time at atomic resolution using ultra-high-resolution electron spectroscopy

Silicon anodes from Groningen: US start-up GDI builds demonstration factory to cut China dependency

Haskoning selected by GDI for battery demonstration factory in Farmsum

International FoodTec Award 2027: Winners Announced

21 award winners honored for innovation, sustainability, and efficiency

Europe’s last Acetyls site halts production

INEOS Idles Europe's last world-scale Acetyls plant as Energy prices hit 12 times US level

Ammeraal Beltech to Present Food Conveyor Solutions at EHEDG World Congress

Ammeraal Beltech will participate as a Gold Sponsor at the EHEDG World Congress in Vienna, Austria, on 7–8 October 2026

Recycling in Agriculture: Biogenic CO₂ Is Turned Into Renewable Fuel

Five partners from the research and industrial sectors are developing a decentralized synthesis plant

Blue light could cut food poisoning from raw chicken

The low-cost technique is also a viable alternative to chlorination

64% of Germany's plastic waste is incinerated instead of being recycled

New VDI guideline aims to standardize terminology, procedures, and quality standards throughout the value chain

Sustainable Energy from the Landfill

Purification Instead of Flaring: A New Process for Treating Landfill Gas

Green hydrogen from seawater

Electrolysis with Untreated Seawater: Fraunhofer Tests Materials and Membranes